MONDALE & JONES with John Hines "TODAY IN HISTORY"
1940 - The hilarious comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted with their network radio show on NBC. The duo replaced Fred Allen for the summer months.
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1971 - Jim Morrison, lead singer of THE DOORS was found dead in a Paris bathtub on this day. He was 27 years old and the apparent victim of a Heart Attack.
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1976 - Brian Wilson rejoined The Beach Boys, who were appearing at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, CA (before 74,000 fans). Wilson had been out of the group’s road tour schedule for 12 years.
Eleanor's story
A Note From Eleanor Mondale:
I think the second most horrible words to hear after "You have brain cancer" are "The cancer is back".... but it's happened. Again. My fantastic Dr. at the Mayo Clinic - Dr. Joon Uhm - has prescribed a new treatment, and I am hoping, this time, that "third time is a charm". I am tired of this! I have decided to take disability leave while I am receiving treatment so my body can be strong and fight the disease with more gusto. I just don't have the energy to "muscle through it" this time. I miss 'CCO and of course Susie, Dan and all of the stories we hear from our listeners every day. As I watch the beautiful April snow fall down here on the farm, I am grateful for so many things. (OK, maybe not the weather...). I am lucky enough to have a great and loving support system to help me through the uncertainty that is most distressing. I know many people have called and emailed the station, noticing that I am not there. I truly appreciate that and hope that everyone will be patient with me and understand that I am taking this attempt at recovery one day at a time. Some days I feel fine, some days my energy level is nonexistent. I will update this site when I can. Thank everyone in advance for your prayers and thoughts. I can't do this alone. Knowing everyone out there is pulling for me helps immeasurably.
Love, Eleanor
Eleanor Joins Susie On WCCO to Talk About Her Latest Challenge
Eleanor Mondale
Eleanor Mondale started her career in broadcasting at WCCO TV nearly 20 years ago. Since then she has worked at local radio station WLOL-FM, Cable TV stations E!, ESPN and "This Morning" on CBS Television. WCCO Radio is thrilled to have her back in Minnesota! Eleanor is co-host of the 'Mondale and Jones' Show along with Susie Jones. The show can be heard weekdays 9am-Noon. Eleanor is a huge animal lover and spends much of her free time assisting the Animal Humane Society with their yearly fund-raising efforts. She lives with her husband, Chan Polling, and a wide variety of animals on a farm in the southern Twin Cities.
Susie Jones has been a Media Broadcast professional since the late 1980's. She has served in radio and TV broadcast positions in Madison, Janesville, LaCrosse, and more. She holds a Speech Communications Degree from the University of Minnesota. In 1996 she joined WCCO Radio as a news reporter. Today she has dual roles on WCCO Radio. As an "on the scene" news reporter for The Morning News with Dave Lee, weekdays 5-9am, Susie brings you up-close to the day's biggest breaking news stories. At 9am, she steps behind the microphone to act as co-host of the 'Mondale & Jones' Show w/ Eleanor Mondale. Their show can be heard weekdays 9am-Noon. Susie lives with her two children in the Western suburbs of the Twin Cities.
John Hines
One of the best known personalities in Twin Cities’ broadcasting, John Hines has been a mainstay of Minnesota radio and television for more than 36 years. The lifelong Twin Cities resident got started in radio in Illinois then moved home to WWTC in 1973, after that John spent six years with Hubbard Broadcasting on KSTP AM and hosting Twin Cities Today on KSTP TV. He returned to radio in 1981when Hines and Berglund helped take WLOL FM to the top of the ratings. Then it was on to K102, where he helped earn Station of the Year honors from the Country Music Association. Hines was the first non-journalist to be embedded with our soldiers in Iraq. He’s been buried alive for 48 hours and worked with the M.S. Society of Minnesota, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Tee It Up For the Troops, benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project, and many more, and received the Tom Rivers Humanitarian Award in recognition of his generous service and dedication to community events and charities.
John is helping fill in for Eleanor Mondale on the Mondale and Jones Show.
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